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Patrick Leahy: “We tried very hard to have judges looked at as judges and to get out of partisan politics.”

On the recordJuly 28, 2009
We tried very hard to have judges looked at as judges and to get out of partisan politics.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy advocates for a non-partisan approach to judicial nominations.

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